>> i literally called fema, when i walked into your -- into the nbc building here today, and within ten minutes, they called me back. >> congressman frank pallone, represents new jersey's sixth congressional district. i know you, sir, were personally evacuated and you're back without power now, your staff is dealing with that too, so good luck to you and stay in touch with us. >> thanks very much. >> for reference, this is congressman pallone's congressional district. do we have that map? there we go. this whole coastal region, you can see, his district is marked in red there, where we have seen some of the worst devastation from this crisis. last night, live during this show, we had kind of a shocking moment in a live conversation with the mayor of one very, very hard-hit town. this is what happened on our air last night. this is hoboken mayor, don zimmer on this show last night, at about 9:30 p.m. eastern. note the time. >> probably half our city is flooded. we have just probably about 20,000 people that are -- still remain in their homes. we're trying to put together an evacuation pl